The provisions of this chapter apply to all principal buildings within
Lower Frederick Township and each tract, lot or parcel of land.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A subordinate building, the use which is customarily incidental to
that of the principal building and is used for an accessory use and is located
on the same lot.
AUXILIARY NUMBERS
Any number, other than the principal street address, used to identify
either component buildings comprising a principal use at a site or separate
entrances to a multi-tenant facility.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
Any building or structure erected on a tract, lot or parcel of land
on which any use is carried out, except an accessory building.
The owner or occupant of each tract, lot or parcel of land to which
no street address number has been previously assigned shall, upon purchase,
acquisition or occupancy thereof, or within seven days of discovery that no
such number has been assigned, make application to the Township Manager for
assignment of such number, and, thereupon, the Township Manager shall assign
a correct street address number to the property.
In order to comply with this chapter street address number shall be
posted by such owner or occupant as follows:
A. The address numbers shall be Arabic in design, shall
have a minimum height of three inches and shall be mounted in a secure fashion
to the principal building's front wall or to a porch or other fixed appurtenance
in front of the principal building in the general vicinity of the main entryway
or main path of travel which leads to the main entrance from a public street,
or otherwise separately mounted in an approved manner upon the face or wall
or upon a post or mailbox in the front yards of the premises. They shall be
sufficiently legible as to contrasting background, arrangements, spacing,
size and uniformity of integers so that the numbers may be read with ease
during daylight hours by a person possessing normal vision and viewing the
numbers from the center line of the facing street. To ensure readability after
daylight hours, street address numbers shall be made or coated with material
which is light reflective. The numbers shall be so placed that trees, shrubs
and other obstructions do not block the line of sight of the numbers from
the center of the street to any appreciable degree.
B. Auxiliary numbers shall meet the above specifications,
except that they should be readable from the center line of adjacent driveways.
The homeowners' association of any existing condominium complex is hereby required to provide notice of the addresses of all condominiums located in that particular building on all driveways and entryways. Such notice shall meet the size, shape, and visibility requirements outlined in §
46-5. The homeowners' association of those condominium developments having multiple buildings shall in addition provide notice to those immediately entering the complex on all driveways and entryways the location of a particular building. Such notice shall also meet the size, shape, and visibility requirements outlined in §
46-5. For all future developments of condominiums, the initial responsibility for compliance with this section shall fall with the developer. This section does not preclude the individual owner/occupier of particular condominium from compliance with this chapter.
The homeowners' association of an existing development of a single, detached-home planned community is hereby required to provide notice of the location of a particular home. Such notice shall meet the size, shape, and visibility requirements outlined in §
46-5. For all future developments of a detached-home planned community the initial responsibility for compliance of this section shall fall with the developer. This section does not preclude the individual owner/occupier of a single detached home form complying with this chapter.
The owner of any apartment building is hereby required to provide notice of the apartment numbers located in the building on all driveways and entryways leading to that building. The owner of an apartment complex having multiple buildings shall in addition provide notice of the location of a particular building to those immediately entering the complex in all driveways and entryways. Such notice shall meet the size, shape, and visibility requirements outlined in §
46-5.
The final authority for determining and assigning the street number or numbers to be used upon any particular property, as well as the enforcement of this chapter, shall be in the office of the Township Manager, his agent or such other person as provided for in §
46-3 of this chapter.